Acting
Maya Plisetskaya
1925-2015
Known for Anna Karenina, Carmen Suite.
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Born11/20/1925
Died05/02/2015
AgeDied at 89
BirthplaceMoscow, USSR [now Russia]
DepartmentActing
Also known asMaïa Plissetskaïa, М. Плисецкая, M. Plisetskaya
Biography
Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich. In 1960 she became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.
